PNM’s plan to build additional solar-powered generating stations has been unanimously approved by the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission. PNM will add four more solar photovoltaic facilities that translate into another 40 megawatts of utility-scale solar power.

Lockheed Martin, an American aerospace and defense giant recently announced a partnership with the global waste management company Concord Blue to build a 5-megawatt power generation facility in the town of Herten, Germany.

NRG Energy Inc. recently announced that it has begun work on a 360 megawatt, natural gas-fired peaking plant on a 230-acre site near Bacliff. Upon completion, the plant is expected to power more than 70,000 homes during peak time.